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Re: Kilowatts and Horsepower Wed, 26 November 2003 05:38 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
All ancilliaries, exhaust, emissions etc connected as normal is "net" power. Disconnect all of the above and you have "gross" power, but manufacturers stopped using that in the 70's. This is completely separate from the scale of measurement being used, be it HP or PS or kW.

BTW one of my pet hates is "power stroke". I have no idea where this came from, but as explained above PS stands for pferdestarke. "Power stroke" sounds so gay! Razz
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